“Remember that wasted minute at the start of the day? Hard luck but you'll never find it again.”

“I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.”

“You won't find the word happy in any self-respecting grumbler's dictionary, no matter it's Christmas Eve or the any other day.”

“I have tried so hard to do right.”

“These are days of special perplexity and depression, and the path of public duty is unusually rugged.”

“It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!”

“Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. And sometimes it's right where you started.”